Cara Jobson

Cara Jobson received her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). Prior to law school, she attended the University of California, Santa Cruz where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies.

She serves as Of Counsel to NCLR on their immigration matters. She formerly served on the Board of Directors of the Pride Law Fund, which promotes the legal rights of the LGBT community and persons living with HIV and AIDS and on the Board of Directors of Small Schools for Equity.

Ms. Jobson frequently provides trainings to community groups and non-profits on immigration law. She is a mentor attorney for the pro bono asylum program of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights. In 2011, she received an award for Outstanding Public Service from the Bar Association of San Francisco and in 2013 she received a Community Partner award from NCLR.

Since 2009, Ms. Jobson has been recognized every year by California Super Lawyer Magazine.

Ms. Jobson is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of California.

Ms. Jobson has lived in El Salvador and Mexico. She attended the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo in the state of Michoacan, Mexico, where she studied Mexican history and literature. She is fluent in Spanish.

The San Francisco immigration law attorneys of Wiley & Jobson serve individual and family clients in matters ranging from visa applications to removal proceedings and appeals. Our lawyers serve clients throughout the Bay Area and Northern California, including the East Bay, the South Bay, Oakland, San Jose, Sacramento, Berkeley, Richmond, Stockton, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Santa Clara County, Marin County, San Mateo County, Solano County, and Sonoma County.